Meantime Team Time

Now that Meantime's new brewery in SE10 is starting to take shape we thought it was time that the staff from our old premises at Penhall Road, came for a bit of an advance preview, which took place on Monday 7th June. The new vessels were closely inspected and pronounced very exciting. The Meantime team left greatly fired up and looking eagerly to the day in the next few months when they can move into their new offices next to the shiny new brewhouse.

Meantime Get Into A Tight Scrape

There was a tight moment at Meantime Brewing's new premises on June 3rd when the largest vessel in the new brewhouse was hoist into position. At 250hl ( 25,000 litres or 42,000 pints)  the tank was only two inches clear of the brewery ceiling, so it was touch and go if it would sit on its plinth. It did.

Most of the remainer of the brewery vessels are being lifted into position this week, and then there follows six weeks of electrical and pipework to ensure that Britain's newest brewery is ready to go at the touch of a button.

Meantime Brewmaster Alastair Hook, stands atop the new 4.5m diameter Lauter tun, prior to its installation (left) and inspects the platform where the new lauter tun will sit.

Meantime's New Brewery En Route

Excitement mounts at Meantime upon receipt of a set of photos of our new brewhouse leaving it's Bavarian birthpace of Chieming for its new Greenwich home. Two lorries and a low-loader set off on May 31st and are due to arrive at Blackwall Lane on Thursday this week. Low-loaders with the larger brewhouse vessels will follow (pictures to follow) and a futher lorry with the nuts and bolts will depart later in the week.

The new brewery floor is finishing it's curing process and the last of the tiles are being laid in order to be ready to receive the new vessels.

More news soon.

Foot on the Floor

Work proceeds at breakneck speed at Meantime's new brewery site. Our new drains and load bearing floors are now in and curing ahead of the tiles being laid and the brewery itself arrving in three weeks.

Flawless Floors and Perfect Pipes

Our pictures show work on Meantime's new brewery progressing apace in both Blackwall Lane and Bavaria.

It is traditional in British breweries for floors to be somewhat uneven and the drain is usually located at the highest point in the room in order to provide work for a man with a squeegee. At Meantime we are determined to break with convention. Our drains will be at the lowest point on the floors which - and here is another revolutionary bit - will be designed to carry the loads that will end up on them.

The drains are now in, concrete is now being poured ( 4 Concrete trucks a day for the next two weeks). Tiles will start to be laid in a week.

Meanwhile in Southern Bavaria craftsmen at Rolec are labouring away on the new Meantime brewhouse to ensure that the kit arrives in London on schedule in three weeks time.

More news as it happens.

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Meantime at British Food Week

Meantime were delighted to be approached by famous London fish dealers, Chamberlains, to be their preferred partner for British Food Week. All week until St George's Day the Chamberlains' team will be outside their premises in Leadenhall Market offering up their famous fish and chips, washed down with Meantime.

If you can't get there beforehand, make sure you drop by on Friday to sample the St George's Day special. "For Cod, Harry and St George!"